Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025

Houston, TX ranks #48 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 109,516 patents from 21,073 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Houston, TX include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Abb Offshore Systems Limited, Synopsys. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 9,851–9,900 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 Chi-li-ma Harnold Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#8651 Grahame Williams Abb Offshore Systems Limited 2
#8651 Ken R. McElvain Synopsys 2
#8651 Kiet Tran Chevron 2
#8651 John Eric Henckel Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 2
#8651 George Henry Aluminum Company Of America 2
#8651 Jean L. Dumanoir Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Robert McNeil 2
#8651 David B. Lorenz Marathon Manufacturing 2
#8651 Paul Fossey France Telecom 2
#8651 Chaur Yue Shyu 2
#8651 Jean-Charles Ferran Cgg Services Sas 2
#8651 Joseph O. Glasofer Lufkin Industries 2
#8651 Michael C. Ballard 2
#8651 Sam Beddar University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Roland Edward Heersink 2
#8651 Grant W. Ayo S & S Trust 2
#8651 Zhili Qin Moneyhun Equipment Sales & Service Co. 2
#8651 Cornel Dutescu 2
#8651 Victor N. Brown Unknown 2
#8651 Matthew Tonjes 2
#8651 John Berra 2
#8651 Cory C. Melancon M-I L.L.C. 2
#8651 Donald C. McLendon 2
#8651 Eliezer Ivan Gutierrez 2
#8651 William J. Hillier The M.W. Kellogg 2
#8651 Jaime Rodriguez Ardila Expro North Sea Limited 2
#8651 Steven C. Heidenreich The M.W. Kellogg 2
#8651 Peter S. K. Lee University Of Houston 2
#8651 David Lionberger 2
#8651 Kirk Phillips Hecon 2
#8651 William Brent Tarver Orthoaccel Technologies 2
#8651 Steve James Coulston Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Charles W. Alsobrook Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Celia L. Kniepmann Ascend Performance Materials Operations 2
#8651 Vincent C. Jackson 2
#8651 Phil Holbrook Baroid Technology 2
#8651 Gagan BAJWA Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Gilbert Haddad Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Eric Pulaski 2
#8651 Troy Carlson IBM 2
#8651 Charles K. Daniels Multilex 2
#8651 Alejandro Martinez Pereira Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Ronald L. Riess Fmc 2
#8651 Brittany Michelle Elbel Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Cindy Tovar 2
#8651 Pablo F. Sanz Rehermann ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Robert H. McKinley, Jr. 2
#8651 Zeev Estrov University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Leslie L. Cummings, deceased 2

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